Its just about 2 30am and youre up to date on the headlines. Now on bbc news, thursday in parliament. Hello there, and welcome to thursday in parliament. On this programme borisjohnson says hes to have another attempt at securing an early general election, going to the polls on december the 12th. The leader of the commons challenges Jeremy Corbyn to back the plan on monday. We have met the condition he set. The Prime Minister has got a deal, no deal is off the table, and yet for some reason the opposition still doesnt want a general election. Mps demand the government release details of the economic consequences of its brexit deal. The previous Prime Minister published proper Economic Assessment of her brexit deal. Why will this current Prime Minister not do the same . For heaven sake, just answer the question and theres anger from the dup over what the governments brexit plan means for Northern Ireland. Why is it the conservative Unionist Party have done this in Northern Ireland . Or were we the sacrificial lamb that had to be made in order to get the deal over the line . But first, Boris Johnson has announced hes to have another attempt at calling an early general election. The Prime Minister has tried and failed twice before to persuade mps to go to the polls. This time, hes told the opposition the commons could have until november the 6th to debate and pass the brexit Withdrawal Agreement bill before dissolving parliament in time for a general election on december the 12th. The leader of the commons made a statement to mps at the end of the day. I strive to make a very short, a very short statement this evening regarding mondays business. Before the house considers the second reading of the environment bill, members will have an opportunity to debate and approve a motion relating to an early parliamentary general election. The business for the rest of next week remains as i announced earlier. I want to make it clear that her majestys opposition the labour party will back an election once no deal is ruled out. And, wait for it. If the extension allows. This will be the third time that the house will have voted on a general election. Can the leader of the house tell us on any other occasion he can recall that the opposition have been offered an election on three occasions and rejected it . Earlier today, i was actually praising the right honourable gentlemen, the leader of the opposition. And today im able to quote him because his words are words of wisdom. He said on the 24th of september, 2019, exactly one month ago, this crisis can only be settled with a general election. That election needs to take place as soon as this governments threat of a disastrous no deal is taken off the table. We have met the condition he set. The Prime Minister has got a deal, no deal is off the table, and yet for some reason the opposition still doesnt want a general election. For us, the priority remains we need to see that extension secured, and that extension must be long enough to protect us from the cliff edge of the no deal brexit. This house had 41 days from maastricht, 25 from lisbon, and now the Prime Minister expects us to rush through this legislation in fewer than a dozen days. And he expects us to do that because has failed. He tried to Prorogue Parliament in order to rush this through and get us off the cliff without a deal. He has failed. The liberal democrats will not support this until we can be sure that this country will not be crashed out of brexit and the electorate has the choice. Its always exciting, mr speaker, to discover what the position of the liberal democrats is because it changes like a weather vane. A dramatic end to thursday in the commons. Earlier, mps had finished their debate on the queens speech. Their discussion and vote to approve it came ahead of the news that Boris Johnson planned to try to call another election. If his motion goes through on monday, none of the legislation set out in the speech will progress any further as parliament will be dissolved on november the 6th. Opening the debate, the shadow chancellor had sharp criticism for the Prime Minister. I listened to the Prime Minister introducing the queens speech and what i always find most startling about the Prime Minister is his ability to create his own truth. And when confronted with any reality that contradicts his truth, to bluster his way through. I believe he believes that a combination of bluster, the occasional pretentious use of latin, he can always avoid confronting reality or answering for it. He moved on to the speech and the chancellors role, particularly when it came to the brexit deal before parliament. Apart from budget making. Apart from budget making, one of the vitally important responsibilities of the chancellor is to ensure the government and actually also this house have the fullest information before them when considering legislation or issues impacting upon our economy. Its extraordinary, therefore, and i think a dereliction of the chancellors duties. This chancellor, unlike his predecessors, has refused to publish a detailed Economic Impact assessment of the governments own brexit proposals. So, theres an opportunity here to demonstrate to our people that parliament can and does work. Does he agree with me that perhaps one of the reasons that the government are so anxious not to publish the Economic Impact of their brexit proposals is that it would show that our economy will suffer under their hard brexit, that our Public Finances will suffer under a hard brexit, and that the promises that they have made about investment in our police, in our schools, in our Health Service could not possibly be met under their brexit proposals . I just say to the honourable lady although the government wont publish its Economic Impact assessment, others have made that assessment and say that actually it could cripple our economy. I have been sitting here for the last 30 minutes or so listening to the shadow chancellor. And i have to say, the brass neck of the shadow chancellor. No mention of the jobs boom and rising wages. No mention of bringing the deficit down by four fifths. No mention of our Huge Investment in public services. And no support at all for this queens speech which delivers on the peoples priorities. Will he publish today an Economic Impact assessment, an assessment of the Public Finance impact of the Prime Ministers hard deal brexit . And if he wont, why not . The chancellor focused on the deal that had been done by borisjohnson. What parliament is being asked to vote on is the Withdrawal Agreement which covers the deal on the budget, citizens rights, and Northern Ireland. The government has provided and published already a full Impact Assessment its a shame the shadow chancellor hasnt even bothered to look at it yet. Im really getting a sense of deja vu when i heard him speak and i rememberfrom when, it was from when i was a child listening to jackanory, its exactly the same can he not. Why on earth. The previous Prime Minister published proper Economic Assessment of her brexit deal. Why will this current Prime Minister not do the same . For heavens sake, just answer the question well, now i know why. The honourable lady was a fan ofjackanory. Now, i know thats why she joined the labour party some members. They may point to the Economic Analysis as the honourable lady has that was published by the government in november of last year. But that document looks at. I will in a moment. That document looks at the possible Economic Impact of a generic, average Free Trade Agreement. It doesnt represent the ambitious Free Trade Agreement that we have agreed. Weve agreed with the eu that both parties will have a deep, best in class Free Trade Agreement thats far more ambitious on things like data exchange, on tariffs, and energy, and financial services. And none of those benefits are captured in the governments previous modelling. A conservative turned his fire on labours spending plans. Has he done an Impact Assessment by any chance of what the implications of borrowing £200 billion would be on the british economy what it would do to future investment, future pensions, what it would actually do to the working people of this country and how it would destroy their futures . I can say to my honourable friend that even my nine year old daughter could do that Impact Assessment on her. Probably wouldnt even need a calculator. It would crash the economy like every Labour Government does. This place has been nothing short of chaotic in the past few weeks and in fact in the past three years. If those of us in here are looking on in horror at the childish behaviour of the uk government, i can only imagine how people out there are feeling watching the utter chaos created by the actions of this tory government. The queens speech this year comes in the most turbulent and Uncertain Times that these isles have seen in decades. In the pursuit of a hard tory brexit that rips us out of the single market, its already meant that the scottish economy is £3 billion smaller than if none of this had been foisted upon us by this government. The newly elected chair of the Treasury Committee joined the calls for a brexit Impact Assessment to be published. What i think we all can agree on is that information is important. That we need to know what the data is and i accept the chancellors point that the political declaration is not the same thing as what is going through the bill at the moment. But nonetheless, there was an assessment. There was an assessment made of the last set of deals on a broad range of circumstances admittedly but there was an assessment. And i think, and i fully expect the committee, to be pressing at as early a stage as possible that some kind of assessment is made that highlight the outcomes of the deal, that we are considering. Well, at the end of that debate, mps voted to approve the queens speech. The ayes to the right, 310. The noes to the left, 294. Cheering the government winning that vote, all eyes will now be on whether mps back borisjohnsons call for an early election on monday. Business groups in Northern Ireland business have appealed for greater clarity about how Boris Johnsons brexit deal will affect trade with the rest of the uk. There have been a series of confused, sometimes contradictory, statements by ministers and senior officials. Labour asked an urgent question about exactly what the deal would mean. Stephen barclay, the brexit secretary, had conceded that exit summary declarations would be needed while Boris Johnson said there would only be light touch checks. Well, the dup leader said there would definitely have to be checks in place. Because were going to have export declarations from Northern Ireland to Great Britain that he now calls administrative processes, but they are exit declarations which have to be checked. And from Great Britain to Northern Ireland there will be customs declarations, physical checks, tariffs on goods going to the European Union and, entry summary declarations. His own Impact Assessment says its a potential to reduce trade, business investment, Consumer Spending in Northern Ireland, and will hit Small Businesses disproportionately. Lets have a bit of clarity and honesty in this house and he urged the brexit secretary to take seriously a warning from the head of the Police Service of Northern Ireland that a deal perceived as a threat to the union between Great Britain and Northern Ireland could lead to civil disorder by loyalists. Youre really in danger here of causing real problems with the belfast agreement, the st andrews agreement, the Political Institutions and political stability in Northern Ireland by what youre doing to the Unionist Community please wake up and realise what is happening here we are absolutely explicit in standing by the commitments of this government, and i think its something actually that is a cross party commitment to the belfast good friday agreement, and the Northern Ireland protocol makes that explicit within the terms of the international agreement. These are not issues that start on the 1st of november, these are issues that apply at the end of the application period. And just even from the preamble, before we get into the actual articles, the preamble itself says, the application of the protocol should impact as little as possible on the everyday life of communities in ireland and Northern Ireland. We actually need to see draft documents about what these requirements would be. They are causing huge concern within Northern Ireland, and the secretary of state will not be able to sell the deal unless, within the next few days, we have that clarity which will assuage very legitimate concerns. What proportion of goods from non eu countries are currently subject to physical checks on entering the uk and on entering the republic of ireland . 1 from the rest of the world, mr speaker. If a Northern Ireland fishing vessel leaves a Northern Ireland port and returns to a Northern Ireland port with its catch, could tariffs apply at that point to the fish the vessel has caught if there is a risk that some of the catch might enter the European Union . So, it will be for the joint committee to determine to what extent there is a material risk to any leakage to the integrity of the single market. Now, i think the example that the right honourable gentleman raises is not the sort of size of trade that i would expect to be a risk to the integrity of the single market. There are currently checks on animal products entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain, including physical checks on livestock. And while there is the potential for those to increase under this agreement, the agreement is not establishing a principle in that respect. That principle is already established. The head of the border force told the Home Affairs Select committee yesterday that there would be checks and said it is yet to be worked out in detail who would do those checks between britain and Northern Ireland, and a memorandum from the home secretary that we have published this morning rules out checks from Northern Ireland to Great Britain but accepts there is going to be a process from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. But does he not accept that fudging the language on this is a serious problem when trust is needed . When he says minimal targeted interventions, that includes physical checks. The minister said the home secretary had clarified her remarks. Underlining all this detail which, quite properly, mr speaker, members of this house want to probe is the principle of consent, so that any issues that apply will be subject to Northern Ireland. And the key issue of that is that aligns with the eu and the uk wanting to minimise any impact, because both sides will know that the arrangements will then be subject to a consent mechanism in the Northern Ireland assembly in a way that didnt previously apply to the backstop. Why is it the conservative Unionist Party have done this in Northern Ireland . Or were we the sacrificial lamb that had to be made in order to get the deal over the line . Stephen barclay accepted there were legitimate concerns, but not that characterisation of the situation. Now, the governments faced more questions about why it didnt provide financial help for the failed travel firm thomas cook. The company folded last month, forcing a mass repatriation of british holiday makers stranded overseas. Its estimated the firm had debts of around £1. 7 billion. 9,000 staff lost theirjobs. So why hadnt transport ministers intervene . Last week, the government finally admitted that no minister had spoken to thomas cook directly before the company collapsed. The secretary of state claimed that the company could not be saved. And then some parts of the company in other countries were indeed saved. Will he now accept that if the government had engaged sooner with thomas cook, they could have mitigated the impact of this failure, fewer people would have lost theirjobs, the cost to the taxpayer would have been less and fewer people wouldve seen their holidays ruined . Mr speaker, thats simply not correct. I met with the chief executive of the company on the 9th of september, and i checked my closing words to him at that meeting, which was. If the honourable gentleman wants to listen. Closing words of that was to say to the chief exec, if there is anything that her majestys government could do, then please get in touch. The response was, there is nothing that can be done at this time. He later, on the 18th of september, wrote to the government, not as being reported for £200 million but for up to £250 million. That was a decision that would have required a counting office sign off for a company with perhaps £1. 7, we hear, perhaps even £3 billion now of debt, and it simply would not have stacked up. We would have spent all the money thats been spent for repatriation in any case, as well as money bailing out a company which had enormous debts. Thomas cook would have had an atol licence. Therefore, the money that was used to repatriate people from abroad should be recovered from that fine which is levied on the travel industry. So the net cost to the government should be very small. There is the atol coverage, and that will cover a large proportion of that cost. However, it is the case that that company was both an airline as well as a travel company. And as my honourable friend will be aware, airlines do not get covered at the moment under atol. It is shocking that this government let down thomas cook staff. They lost their livelihoods while the gaffers got very rich off of the bonuses. Subsidiaries condor in germany, thomas cook in spain and thomas cook in sweden are still flying. This government have stood by and let the business in the uk fail. When the secretary of state gets to his feet, will he just say sorry for letting all of those ha rd working staff and the british taxpayer down . Mr speaker, the whole house, and indeed the country, is aware that the opposition front bench do not understand how an economy functions. If there was any way possible of insuring that a Company Whose directors were allegedly being paid millions of pounds. They want us to back up those millions of pounds of bonuses with yet more money from the public purse. If there were a way of doing it, we wouldve done it. But it wouldve, as i said, required a counting officer direction because it simply did not stack up. And the reality, as the honourable member knows, is that hays travel have indeed come in and rescued many of those jobs because well run companies survive, poorly run companies cant survive. Youre watching thursday in parliament. And dont forget, you can find all our programmes by going to the bbc iplayer and searching for parliament. Now, in what could end up feeling like a parting shot to the united kingdom, the European Commission plans to scrap Daylight Saving time across the continent. Member states will have to decide whether to remain in permanent summer time or wintertime. If the government passes the Withdrawal Agreement, then theres a chance the uk could still be in its brexit transition period when that happens and, as such, would be expected to obey all eu law. A business minister set out the governments position on that before a house of Lords Committee looking at the policy. We are working with, and ourfocus is around opposing this directive because its something that we dont intend to implement or change our clocks. Therefore. And with any kind of directive of this kind, you would expect us to be working with our devolved administrations, which we will do and were continuing to do. We are doing at the moment. The Scottish Government at the moment are clear that they oppose it, and so were in alignment on our views. And thats what were working towards. One peer wanted to know what would happen if the law came into force during the transition period. Are we legally able to ignore this or does it become part of our retained eu law in 2020 . So. If it was to become law, which we are hoping that it wont become eu law thats what we are continuing to oppose and working with Member States to do so you know, if that was to come into law, we would then have to consider our response to that. Although its not clear when or if the European Commission directive will come into force, a plaid cymru peer pointed out that while clock changes are a reserved power for westminster when it comes to wales and scotland, the power is devolved in Northern Ireland. Has the government assessed, or do you have any plans to assess, the implications of a time border between the north and the south of ireland . We, along with the irish government, are clear that we dont want to have a time border, and thats why were opposing this. And, as i say, were unclear about whether this eu regulation will become law. Therefore, we havent. We wait to see what the impacts are. We havent got a clear timetable, but we are objecting to any kind of time border. Effectively in opposition to the whole directive. A lib dem peer has declared there is a bus emergency. Lady randerson complained that one off initiatives from the government were not enough. 65 of local authorities no longer provide free transport for 16 to 18 year olds and many bus services have been cut. Does the noble lady, the minister, agree we need a National Bus Strategy to promote increased usage, zero emission buses and more integrated services . The transport minister said the government was putting a National Bus Strategy in place. An independent peer was worried about vulnerable people. In particular, parents who are in temporary accommodation thats hostels or bed and breakfast accommodation very often, they can be extremely isolated and may have to make many bus journeys to see their family and friends. Will the government look at that in their bus strategy, please . As the transport minister for loneliness, i know indeed how important it is that we make sure that our transport system is able to get those people to where they need to go. Is my noble friend aware of the problems which are sometimes faced by rather Old Fashioned people seeking to take a journey by bus who want to proffer theirfare in money, cash . I am more than that may be an issue for an increasingly small number of people. Jeering. Lady vere perhaps misjudging her audience there and thats it for now, but dojoin me on Bbc Parliament on friday night at 11pm for our round up of the week here in westminster, when among other things well be taking a look atjohn bercows time as speaker before he stands down from the job. But for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. Hello. Theres a battle between cold and mild air taking place across the uk at the moment to see which wins out for the weekend. Spoiler it is the cold air that wins. Its already in place across northern parts of the uk. On the dividing line between the two, before the cold air wins and heads south, some of us are about to get a lot of heavy rain through friday into at least early saturday, on the moors of South West England into wales, and northern england, from this waving weather front. Finally, as it does clear by the end of saturday from south east england, that is when the cold air travels further south. Already in place across the northern half of the uk, a touch of frost for you to start the day in scotland, Northern Ireland and northern england. Its a mild start the further south you are. A fine start for many of us, a few showers in scotland on hills. Here comes the rain from the south west and wales into the midlands, especially the west midlands, the eastern side of Northern Ireland and southern scotland. The uk top and tailed by strengthening winds, with coastal gales as well. So it is turning much wetter for some of us and we still have those big temperature contrast across the uk but quite a lot of hill fog down towards the southwest of the uk in the mild air. Lets focus in on the rain, though, and these totals youre seeing here are some of the higher totals we may see in the higher ground. Lower levels wont see as much as this, but with that much rain falling for some, the potential for some flooding and perhaps some travel disruption. There are some met Office Yellow warnings in force, details on the website. So again, the possibility of seeing some disruption, especially to travel as we start the weekend. And this is how we start saturday. Away from the area of rain overnight into saturday, clearer skies elsewhere, in scotland, still a few showers, and a course may be a touch of frost too. The rain does eventually move south on saturday, away from the wettest parts of england and wales, to give a wet afternoon towards east anglia and south east england. Elsewhere, brighter skies developing for many, with a few showers around, and the cold air pushing further south, but still there in the far south east by the end of the afternoon. Through saturday night into sunday, get rid of this front, get rid of the rain. The blue is in charge. The cold air has won the battle. Its not going to be bitterly cold, as you can see from this, on sunday, a lot of land showing up. That means it is clear. A bit of patchy cloud, but quite a bit of sunshine coming through on sunday. Still a few showers dotted about, especially into scotland. Its still quite breezy out there. So yes, temperatures are coming down. But by sunday, for many, its drier and sunnier. Welcome to bbc news. My names mike embley. 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